The company Narkena Pty Ltd from western Sydney had previously pleaded guilty to three charges relating to packing and labelling of the drink called Greentime Natural Coconut Drink imported from Taiwan.

Following the death of the child in December 2013, the product was recalled.

Samples taken by the NSW Food Authority found that the drink contained dairy product, namely condensed milk, which was not declared on the label.

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Greentime Natural Coconut Drink was recalled after the death of a 10-year-old.

Downing Centre Local Court magistrate Jennifer Atkinson on Wednesday made reference to the child's death in issuing her judgment in which she said the public relied on the proper labelling of food.

She said the company did not properly appreciate the differences in food standards.

"It is relevant that the death of a child precipitated the investigation and led to the charges," she said.

"The company relied on the information from the manufacturer rather than making its own inquiries."

She fined the company $6000 on each of the three charges with a further $24,000 costs awarded to the NSW Food Authority which brought the prosecution. The maximum fine could have been $10,000 for each charge.

After the sentencing, the company declined to make any comment.

When Fairfax Media originally reported the death of the child, the company solicitor then also declined to make any comment.

A transcript of the sentencing will now be sent to the coroner in Victoria who is yet to hold an inquest. The child is the subject of a suppression order and cannot be named.

Maria Said, president of Allergy and Anaphylaxis Australia, said the sentence sent a message to food importers that food allergies were serious and that companies needed to have an understanding of Australian food law.

"If you import from countries that are non-English speaking, it is really important to get the correct information, to get it right because food allergy is not just about people complaining about a food choice. It can be a life and death issue," she said.

"An ingredient list is critical for someone with food allergy. It is important that they can make informed choices and that they are not left in a situation where a person can suddenly become very unwell and at worst die because of the sip of a drink."

She said there had now been more than 26 coconut product recalls in Australia.

"This child's death was in 2013. The recall for this particular coconut drink was in January 2014. It took another child having an anaphylaxis in mid- 2015 before anything was done to look to see if there were further problems with imported coconut products.

"It is abysmal that we have these products on shelves that can take lives because people haven't put two and two together and done the research and investigations that could have been done in 2014.

"This family is broken and no amount of money is going to change that family's loss. My hope is that people knowing about this story will make importers stand up; it will make the Department of Agriculture stand up and the food authorities around the country stand up and take food allergy more seriously."

A spokeswoman for the NSW Food Authority said there had been 15 coconut-related product recalls.

"On 23 January 2014, the NSW Food Authority was notified of the death of a child in Melbourne after consuming a canned coconut milk drink imported from Taiwan, by Narkena Pty Ltd," she said.

"This resulted in immediate action from the NSW Food Authority and the product was recalled on 24 January 2015 and prosecution action commenced."

She said the food authority subsequently initiated national action that resulted in the Department of Agriculture putting in place a holding order at the border meaning that no coconut milk drinks or powders can enter Australia without first being tested for undeclared allergens.

The hearing was previously told that the company had no testing procedures in place until September 2015. The only tests were the random checks made by customs.

Invoices from the supplier stated the product contained less than 10 per cent dry weight of dairy product but business manager Perry Wu said he hadn't seen it.

The court heard the company hadn't sent its condolences to the family and that a letter it received from the family's solicitor had been passed ot its insurance company.